Release Announcement
Compatible with Specify 6.8.01 or newer
7.8.6 (February 22 2023)
Changed
- The Sp7 top menu has been redesigned. It looks cleaner, takes less space and offers more customization options - you can change the menu position in the window, e.g. move it to the side, and re-order menu items as you like. (#2820)
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Instead of using default browser tool-tips (those tiny mouse-over text blurbs), Specify now displays more pleasing tool-tips - they are easier to read and behave better. Plus, they even work on touch screen devices. (#3002) (We have a fix in the next release for the occasional jumping tool-tip.)
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Updated several back-end software dependencies (#1915)
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Made form parsing more forgiving to mistakes in layout (#2666, #2716)
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The deletion dialog now shows a name of the resource you are about to delete for extra confirmation (#2854) - Requested by University of Michigan
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Improved French localization - thanks to @HeatherC
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Improved Ukrainian localization - thanks to @Kefir2105
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Tree focus now jumps to node’s parent after deletion of a node (#2781) - Requested by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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No longer allows adding duplicate Collection Relationships (#2987) - Requested by CSIRO
Added
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Added an indicator in page title if there are unsaved changes (#1685)
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Reports dialog now shows an icon for base table report belongs to (#1109) - Requested by University of Michigan
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Added support for restricting min length and max length of a text field on a form (#2022)
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Shows the ID field name and table scope in schema viewer (#2080)
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Added an easy way to show only dependent/independent relationships in schema viewer (#2855)
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Added an indicator if user lost internet connectivity to prevent data loss (#2711)
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Now warns when importing a query that has hidden fields (#1318)
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Warns when opening a query that has fields without read access (#1661)
Fixed
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Fixed inability to print pages that have scroll bars (#2820)
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Fixed formatted dates in XLSX data sets not always being imported correctly (#2027) - Reported by CSIRO and others
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Now maintain cell height for large text fields in grid view (#2765) - Fixed by @cdamyx
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Fixed contrast issues with buttons in Query Builder (#2611) - Fixed by @cdamyx
Security
- Made opening links in a new tab safer (#2600)
The full changelog is available on GitHub.
For source code go to the GitHub Specify 7 repository.
For more information about Specify 7, or about this release, see Specify 7 | Specify Collections Consortium, or email support@specifysoftware.org.